Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-25
The pending bill, Tor which
he intended to vote, came

\ he lHIenQeQ 10 NOUS, CdLue
before the Senate ia the nature of prop,
osition for commercial embargo. II moi
war it was the half sister Of war. Etill
he would vote for the bill because
it contained provision that the
President should have discretians
airy power in the mattesS BE
would not vote for it as q IBandstery
bill. He would not lake the Responsible
ity of saying thatIhe President shopld de-
clare this embargo while negotiatisns were
still pending, and while the sSenatorS
knew the fun result of What ewar with
Great Britain might mean. ut was we'll
enough to talk about war with
Great Britain. When they came 70 the
matter of military resources there wss
something which had better be said in Sc
cret session.
Senator German thought the bill did
not go far enough. 1t failed
to strike at the only point in which
Canada was vulnerable; that was
the exclusion of its cars and engines, of
which its trade passed through this
country.
Senator Riddleberger opposed the bill
because it was in the nature of treaty
with Crest Britain. He wanted no
treaty.
An amendment offered by Senator Vest
for the appointment of commissioner TO
take testimony in regard to the losses and
IL iuries inflicted by the British authorities
upon tse Americans, was lost.
The bill was then passed, yeas &c, nays
! (Riddleberger.) The text of the bill
was changed only verbally. 1t was re-
Gently published.
Sana OF Beck gave notice that he would
ask the Senate tomorrow to consider the
bill preventing members of Congress from
acting as attorneys for railroad com
panys.
The Senate then adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-The Speaker
laid before the House a communication
from the Secretary of the Treasury, in re-
Spouse to the House resolution calling
for Information concerning the indebted
ness of subsidized Pacific railroad COM
panies and the effect of the passage of
the House funding bill. Ordered printed.
Under the call of states the following
bills were introduced and referred: By
Mr.. Springer of Illinois, proposing d
constitutional amendment, changing the
time for assembling of congress to the
first Wednesday in January of each year.
BY Mr.. LAWYER of Illinois, a resolution
directing Inc committee on naval effiirs
70 inquire into the eXpediencv Of Imme-
diately apprOpriatiDg $50 100000 TO be
expended under the direction of the Sec
rotary Of the Navy for the construction,
ecu pmeut and armament ofsuch new yes
sells Of wa as may be deemed necessary.
By Mr.. C!ardy of Missouri, to incOr-
porate the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Rail
way Company.
| By Mr. Thomas of Illinois, 10 increase
| the naval establishment. 1t authorizes
the construction of two steel cruisers of
about 1000 tons displacement of the type
of "Cluiser No. l." at cost, exclusive
of armament, Of not more than $780,
900 each; five steel gunboats
of the type of "Gunboat
No. ;" at cost, exclusive of armament,
of not more than S5,200,000 each; and
six steel torpedo boats having g maxi
mum speed Of not less than twentv-tour
knots an hour, to cost, exclusive of arma-
ment, not more than $4,000 eacn; and
six steel torpedo boats having maximum
speed of not less than twenty-fOur knots
per hour, to cost, exclusive of armament,
| 500, ZOO each.
! MIR. Belmont of New York, from the
committee On foreign affairs, reported
| back the resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to transmit to the House the tishe-
ries correspondence to date.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole on the river and harbor appro,
priatiUn bill.
Mr.. Hepburn of lows offered an amend,
| h,+
the bill shall be expended without the in
PREVENTION of the Mississippi or Missouri
River Commissions. More than an hour
and half were consumed il securing q
quorum, and then the amendment was
rejected to l57.
Without advancing one step In the con,
sideration of the bill the committee rose
and the House adjourned.